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Special pages are pages on Wikifunctions generated by the MediaWiki software for special reasons. These pages are found in the special namespace, which is a namespace of pages that cannot be directly edited. A list of all existent special pages on this wiki is available at Special:SpecialPages.

Editing a special page

Special pages cannot be directly edited, but system messages in the MediaWiki namespace are able to be edited by administrators and interface administrators. Pages in the MediaWiki namespace are system messages, and making changes to them will also cause changes to the MediaWiki interface.

Example

For example, Special:BadTitle (which appears as a redlink but is a valid special page) can be edited by an administrator or interface administrator by editing the system message at MediaWiki:Badtitletext.

Transclusion of a special page

There are a few special pages on Wikifunctions that can be transcluded by adding {{Special:PageName}}, where "PageName" should be replaced with the name of the special page.

Examples

When transcluding Special:RecentChanges, that would produce the content shown in the box below:

List of abbreviations:
D
Wikidata edit
F
Edit from Wikifunctions
N
This edit created a new page (also see list of new pages)
m
This is a minor edit
b
This edit was performed by a bot
(±123)
The page size changed by this number of bytes

7 October 2026

When transcluding Special:RecentChangesLinked/Z12863, that would produce the content shown in the box below:

No changes during the given period match these criteria.

Problems with transcluding

Many special pages cannot have its contents read when transcluding it. This would result in only a link to the special page. For example, when transcluding Special:SpecialPages, that would produce: Special:SpecialPages

The above transclusion is a link to the special page rather than its contents.

Valid and invalid special pages

Valid special pages

There are multiple special pages that exist on Wikifunctions, and a list can be found at Special:SpecialPages.

Invalid special pages

Requesting an invalid special page will display a "No such special page" message. For example, Special:Special is an invalid special page, and clicking on it will not result in it being edited. The system message is available in the MediaWiki namespace, at MediaWiki:Nospecialpagetext. It looks like this:

You have requested an invalid special page.

A list of valid special pages can be found at Special pages.

At the bottom of the system message, there is a button that directs you to Wikifunctions:Main Page.

Linking problems

If a link to a non-existent special page (example: Special:RedLink) is added, it would be displayed as a red link. However, there is a problem, that being Special:BadTitle being displayed as a red link even though it is a valid special page.

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